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This week’s reFRESH includes a critical look at Amber Rose’s slut walk, lessons from the best TED spoofs, and the history of the first computer programer who gleamed this title over 100 years before computers were even invented.

This week also marked our one-year anniversary and we celebrated by launching a totally-revamped and bold website. Check it out, let us know what you think, and consider tweeting about @FRESHSpeakers.

Hollywood serves as one of the biggest and most powerful platforms for the white male perspective. Any movie that is made from the perspective of a woman or person of color is, in Ava DuVernay’s words, “a unicorn.”

Dena Simmons will be making her Broadway debut at the first-ever TED Talks Live in New York City. You can catch her on stage November 1st and 2nd. Tickets are still available, only $100, and free for teachers and students.

Do you consider yourself more of a doctor, hospital administrator, or policy-maker? The answer to this question may just help you get closer to the purpose of your career and Aaron Hurstis here to tell you how.

FRESH Speakers, Inc. is a next-generation speakers bureau, uniquely representing women and people of color--two groups historically left off the public stage. Our speakers range from business leaders to artists, scientists to athletes. They have given ground-breaking TED talks and written best-selling books, but, more importantly, their wisdom comes from real world, lived experiences. FRESH speakers routinely grace the world's biggest thought leadership stages, host nonprofit benefits, and keynote Fortune 100 corporate retreats, university lecture series, leading tech conferences, grassroots organizing convenings, and countless other venues, the world over.